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(This is the 15th post of our Croatia-Budapest trip, June-July 2014) Friday, June 27 First up, breakfast, at our fabulous hotel. We got there after the tour bus crowd had left, so the repast was severely depleted by the time we got there. No worries, we found things to eat anyway. And a toy corner… Continue reading Zagreb, Croatia–part I
(This is the 14th post of our Croatia-Budapest trip, June-July 2014) Thursday, June 26 We meet Anna Clare and Earl at breakfast, and after eating our way through the hotel's offerings, they tell us they've decided to head to see the caves, back where we came from. So after some discussion, we agreed to meet… Continue reading Traveling to Zagreb and Mirogoj Cemetery
(This is the 13th post of our Croatia-Budapest trip, June-July 2014) (Dave and his sister) After a hearty breakfast, where no leftovers from the evening before were consumed, we walked over to the Serbian Church. I'd downloaded a picture of one of my circle blocks from my quilty blog onto my mobile phone, hoping to… Continue reading Ljubljana’s Orthodox Church
(This is the 12th post of our Croatia-Budapest trip, June-July 2014) Wednesday, June 25 Happy Slovenian Independence Day! What this translates out to mean for tourists is: limited openings, noon closings, no market, no easy food, and especially for us: the rain we've been trying to dodge for two days has finally arrived. On top… Continue reading Ljubjana, Rainy Ljubljana
(This is the 11th post of our Croatia-Budapest trip, June-July 2014) Tuesday, June 24 For those of you who are keeping track, it's Tuesday and this is Slovenia. . . Ljubljana, to be exact, and we have learned how to say it (mostly). But before we do anything else, it's breakfast. Juices, hot milk, cereals… Continue reading We’re Learning How to Say Ljubljana
(This is the tenth post of our Croatia-Budapest Trip, June-July 2014.) Monday June 23 We found our way to our hotel (check the front Croatia page for hotel info) and since it was nearing dinner time, we dropped our luggage and walked toward the main part of the pedestrian downtown, walking over this poem (?)… Continue reading Arriving in Ljubljana
(This is the ninth post of our Croatia-Budapest Trip, June-July 2014.) Monday, June 23 We woke up in Buzet and saw this. . . . . . so thought we ought to again advance our plans by a day and head to Lake Bled that day, instead of exploring the southern part of Slovenia, like… Continue reading Lake Bled
(This is the eighth post of our Croatia-Budapest Trip, June-July 2014.) Sunday June 22 We pulled away from House Tina, and took the country road north towards Karlovac, where our proprietor had been living in a camp during the war. Along the way we lots of houses with bullet holes and shrapnel damage, but there… Continue reading Beautiful (and Quiet) Buzet
This is the seventh post of our Croatia-Budapest Trip, June-July 2014.) Saturday, June 21 At the end of our Plitvice hike, we made our way to the car and headed north on the highway towards House Tina, a small hostel recommended by travel guru Rick Steves. It looked new on Trip Advisor (an online source… Continue reading House Tina (Plitvice Lakes, part II)
(This is the sixth post of our Croatia-Budapest Trip, June-July 2014.) Saturday, June 21 In the morning we showered en suite in the tiny, but immaculate shower, packed up (easy to do with half my clothes gone) and thought we'd go up the street to get some baked goods at the bakery the landlady mentioned. … Continue reading Plitvice Lakes National Park
The Traveled Mind 